TY - JOUR
T1 - Does the Effectiveness of a Medicine Copay Voucher Vary by Baseline Medication Out-Of-Pocket Expenses? Insights From ARTEMIS
AU - Rymer, Jennifer A.
AU - Kaltenbach, Lisa A.
AU - Peterson, Eric D.
AU - Cohen, David J.
AU - Fonarow, Gregg C.
AU - Choudhry, Niteesh K.
AU - Henry, Timothy D.
AU - Cannon, Christopher P.
AU - Wang, Tracy Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr Rymer reports research support from Boston Scientific and Abbott. Dr Peterson reports research support from Amgen, Janssen, Esperion, and BMS, and consults for Novo Nordisk, Janssen, Bayer, Pfizer, Livongo, and Cerner. Dr Cohen reports grant support from Edwards LifeSciences, Abbott, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Daiichi-Sankyo, Brain-Q, Ther-Ox, Corvia, and V-Wave Medical, and consulting income from Edwards LifeSciences, Abbott, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Impulse Dynamics, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and MyoKardia. Dr Fonarow consults for Abbott, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Janssen, Medtronic, Merck, and Novartis. Dr Choudhry receives unrestricted grant support payable to his institution from Humana Inc., is a consultant for RxAnte and Decipher Health, and receives consulting fees from Veracity Healthcare Analytics. Dr Cannon reports receiving research grant support from Amgen, Arisaph, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Janssen, Merck, and Takeda, and receiving consulting honoraria from Alnylam, Amarin, Amgen, Arisaph, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eisai, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Kowa, Lipimedix, Merck, Pfizer, Regeneron, Sanofi, and Takeda. Dr Henry reports receiving a steering committee honorarium for ARTEMIS from AstraZeneca. Dr Wang reports receiving research grant support to the Duke Clinical Research Institute from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cryolife, Novartis, Pfizer, Portola, and Regeneron, and receiving consulting honoraria from Grifols and Gilead. Ms Kaltenbach has no disclosures to report.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley.
PY - 2022/8/16
Y1 - 2022/8/16
N2 - BACKGROUND: Persistence to P2Y12 inhibitors after myocardial infarction (MI) remains low. Out-of-pocket cost is cited as a factor affecting medication compliance. We examined whether a copayment intervention affected 1-year persistence to P2Y12 inhibitors and clinical outcomes. METHODS AND RESULTS: In an analysis of ARTEMIS (Affordability and Real-World Antiplatelet Treatment Effectiveness After Myocardial Infarction Study), patients with MI discharged on a P2Y12 inhibitor were stratified by baseline out-of-pocket medication burden: low ($0–$49 per month), intermediate ($50–$149 per month), and high (≥$150 per month). The impact of the voucher intervention on 1-year P2Y12 inhibitor persistence was examined using a logistic regression model with generalized estimating equations. We assessed the rates of major adverse cardiovascular events among the groups using a Kaplan–Meier estimator. Among 7351 MI-treated patients at 282 hospitals, 54.2% patients were in the low copay group, 32.0% in the middle copay group, and 13.8% in the high copay group. Patients in higher copay groups were more likely to have a history of prior MI, heart failure, and diabetes compared with the low copay group (all P<0.0001). Voucher use was associated with a significantly higher likelihood of 1-year P2Y12 inhibitor persistence regardless of copayment tier (low copay with versus without voucher: adjusted odds ratio [OR], 1.44 [95% CI, 1.25–1.66]; middle copay: adjusted OR, 1.63 [95% CI, 1.37–1.95]; high copay group: adjusted OR, 1.41 [95% CI, 1.05–1.87]; P interaction=0.42). Patients in the high copay group without a voucher had similar risk of 1-year major adverse cardiovascular events compared with patients in the high copay group with a voucher (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.89 [95% CI, 0.66–1.21]). CONCLUSIONS: Medication copayment vouchers were associated with higher medication persistence at 1 year following an MI, regardless of out-of-pocket medication burden.
AB - BACKGROUND: Persistence to P2Y12 inhibitors after myocardial infarction (MI) remains low. Out-of-pocket cost is cited as a factor affecting medication compliance. We examined whether a copayment intervention affected 1-year persistence to P2Y12 inhibitors and clinical outcomes. METHODS AND RESULTS: In an analysis of ARTEMIS (Affordability and Real-World Antiplatelet Treatment Effectiveness After Myocardial Infarction Study), patients with MI discharged on a P2Y12 inhibitor were stratified by baseline out-of-pocket medication burden: low ($0–$49 per month), intermediate ($50–$149 per month), and high (≥$150 per month). The impact of the voucher intervention on 1-year P2Y12 inhibitor persistence was examined using a logistic regression model with generalized estimating equations. We assessed the rates of major adverse cardiovascular events among the groups using a Kaplan–Meier estimator. Among 7351 MI-treated patients at 282 hospitals, 54.2% patients were in the low copay group, 32.0% in the middle copay group, and 13.8% in the high copay group. Patients in higher copay groups were more likely to have a history of prior MI, heart failure, and diabetes compared with the low copay group (all P<0.0001). Voucher use was associated with a significantly higher likelihood of 1-year P2Y12 inhibitor persistence regardless of copayment tier (low copay with versus without voucher: adjusted odds ratio [OR], 1.44 [95% CI, 1.25–1.66]; middle copay: adjusted OR, 1.63 [95% CI, 1.37–1.95]; high copay group: adjusted OR, 1.41 [95% CI, 1.05–1.87]; P interaction=0.42). Patients in the high copay group without a voucher had similar risk of 1-year major adverse cardiovascular events compared with patients in the high copay group with a voucher (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.89 [95% CI, 0.66–1.21]). CONCLUSIONS: Medication copayment vouchers were associated with higher medication persistence at 1 year following an MI, regardless of out-of-pocket medication burden.
KW - copay
KW - myocardial infarction
KW - persistence
KW - voucher
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U2 - 10.1161/JAHA.122.026421
DO - 10.1161/JAHA.122.026421
M3 - Article
C2 - 36250667
AN - SCOPUS:85139993035
SN - 2047-9980
VL - 11
JO - Journal of the American Heart Association
JF - Journal of the American Heart Association
IS - 20
M1 - e026421
ER -